Minecraft was launched in 2009 for PC and is now available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Some 100 million gamers have registered on its official website, making the company $240 million in revenue in 2012. According to
The Independent, the game allows users to build with pixelated blocks using a range of materials onto an online landscape.
According to
the BBC, the Danish government has said that
the maps were created to be used as an educational tool - suggesting "virtual field trips" to hard-to-reach parts of the country. The government is also encouraging Danish residents to "freely move around in Denmark" and "find your own residential area, to build and tear down".
This is not the only Minecraft news to make the headlines. The Digital Journal recently reported that the game is to be
made into a movie.
